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<h3 class="docSection1Title" id="454331-993">Organization of the Book</h3>
<p class="docText"><a name="idd1e1078"></a><a name="idd1e1081"></a><a name="idd1e1084"></a>This book is divided into six parts:</P>
<div style="font-weight:bold"><ol class="docList" type="1"><LI><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">An overview and introduction to basic Unix programming concepts and terminology (<a class="docLink" href="ch01.html#ch01">Chapter 1</a>), with a discussion of the various Unix standardization efforts and different Unix implementations (<a class="docLink" href="ch02.html#ch02">Chapter 2</a>).</p></div></LI><LI><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">I/Ounbuffered I/O (<a class="docLink" href="ch03.html#ch03">Chapter 3</a>), properties of files and directories (<a class="docLink" href="ch04.html#ch04">Chapter 4</a>), the standard I/O library (<a class="docLink" href="ch05.html#ch05">Chapter 5</a>), and the standard system data files (<a class="docLink" href="ch06.html#ch06">Chapter 6</a>).</P></div></li><LI><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">Processesthe environment of a Unix process (<a class="docLink" href="ch07.html#ch07">Chapter 7</a>), process control (<a class="docLink" href="ch08.html#ch08">Chapter 8</a>), the relationships between different processes (<a class="docLink" href="ch09.html#ch09">Chapter 9</a>), and signals (<a class="docLink" href="ch10.html#ch10">Chapter 10</a>).</P></div></LI><li><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">More I/Oterminal I/O (<a class="docLink" href="ch11.html#ch11">Chapter 11</a>), advanced I/O (<a class="docLink" href="ch12.html#ch12">Chapter 12</a>), and daemon processes (<a class="docLink" href="ch13.html#ch13">Chapter 13</a>).</P></div></li><LI><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">IPCInterprocess communication (<a class="docLink" href="ch14.html#ch14">Chapters 14</a> and <a class="docLink" href="ch15.html#ch15">15</a>).</P></div></LI><li><div style="font-weight:normal"><p class="docList">Examplesa database library (<a class="docLink" href="ch16.html#ch16">Chapter 16</a>), communicating with a PostScript printer (<a class="docLink" href="ch17.html#ch17">Chapter 17</a>), a modem dialing program (<a class="docLink" href="ch18.html#ch18">Chapter 18</a>), and using pseudo terminals (<a class="docLink" href="ch19.html#ch19">Chapter 19</a>).</P></div></LI></ol></div>
<p class="docText">A reading familiarity with C would be beneficial as would some experience using Unix. No prior programming experience with Unix is assumed. This text is intended for programmers familiar with Unix and programmers familiar with some other operating system who wish to learn the details of the services provided by most Unix systems.</p>

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